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1.		How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary (mines.edu)
		40 points by Keios on Aug 15, 2007 \| 10 comments
2.		Why Paul? Why Did You Change It? (About Hacker News) (centernetworks.com)
		37 points by transburgh on Aug 15, 2007 \| 45 comments
3.		Does your project need a Cool Cam? (worsethanfailure.com)
		31 points by dood on Aug 15, 2007 \| 8 comments
4.		Matt Maroon: Demo Day (mattmaroon.com)
		25 points by toffer on Aug 15, 2007 \| 14 comments
5.		Coding Horror: Discipline Makes Strong Developers (codinghorror.com)
		26 points by toffer on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
6.		"Why Should Paul Graham Have All the Fun?" (Perry Metzger's talk at Lisp NYC: video & slides) (lispnyc.org)
		19 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 15, 2007 \| 4 comments
7.		The #1 reason excuse for programmers legitimately slacking off (not if you use Lisp ;) (xkcd.com)
		17 points by nickb on Aug 15, 2007 \| 3 comments
8.		Wozniak's New Goal is Efficient Housing (ecnmag.com)
		15 points by farmer on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
9.		Uses of "* is the new *" in 2005 represented graphically (thediagram.com)
		13 points by _david on Aug 15, 2007 \| 3 comments
10.		Squirrels wield a hot, secret weapon (newscientist.com)
		12 points by farmer on Aug 15, 2007 \| 3 comments
11.		PlentyOfFish Architecture (highscalability.com)
		12 points by luccastera on Aug 15, 2007
12.		How to Give a Kick Ass Presentation (pubcon.com)
		12 points by nreece on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
13.		JavaScript:The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language (crockford.com)
		13 points by mk on Aug 15, 2007 \| 3 comments
14.		Scott Adams' startup idea: Hole Digger (dilbertblog.typepad.com)
		12 points by andreyf on Aug 15, 2007 \| 5 comments
15.		Why do most social networks make it so hard to move from viewing one friend to the next? (subtraction.com)
		10 points by _david on Aug 15, 2007 \| 2 comments
16.		Can software start-ups succeed with non-programmer founder(s)?
		11 points by NoMoreSnow on Aug 15, 2007 \| 17 comments
17.		This could be your fate if you don't do a startup (valleywag.com)
		11 points by menloparkbum on Aug 15, 2007 \| 7 comments
18.		Blueprint is a CSS framework (bjorkoy.com)
		9 points by webology on Aug 15, 2007 \| 4 comments
19.		A whole lotta Emacs Lisp files (sachachua.com)
		10 points by mk on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
20.		Silphium: Did Greek science die out because their elite discovered The Pill? (wikipedia.org)
		10 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
21.		BarCampBlock in Palo Alto - this weekend - anyone attending? (barcamp.org)
		9 points by RyanGWU82 on Aug 15, 2007 \| 6 comments
22.		Ultrafast quantum computer uses optically controlled electrons (physorg.com)
		9 points by mk on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
23.		Google and Microsoft Look to Change Health Care (nytimes.com)
		9 points by jcwentz on Aug 15, 2007 \| 3 comments
24.		PayPal fees for dummies (micropledge.com)
		9 points by benhoyt on Aug 15, 2007
25.		20+ Dating Sites For Geeks and Freaks (mashable.com)
		8 points by horatio05 on Aug 15, 2007 \| 2 comments
26.		"Don't use web standards because Jeffrey Zeldman told you to," Blueprint's class names are OK (jeffcroft.com)
		8 points by _david on Aug 15, 2007 \| 1 comment
27.		Linden Lab's CFO explains how the economy works in the virtual community. (technologyreview.com)
		7 points by ivankirigin on Aug 15, 2007
28.		CIA, Vatican busted for Wikipedia edits (bbc.co.uk)
		5 points by farmer on Aug 15, 2007 \| 2 comments
29.		Discussion about the new voting system
		6 points by mcxx on Aug 15, 2007 \| 4 comments
30.		DIY Drones: Chris Anderson's Ning Social Network for building UAVs (diydrones.com)
		6 points by ivankirigin on Aug 15, 2007
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